Duck Harvest Numbers!

[Guest]

Total United States Duck harvest - 13,933,728 down 9% from previous season.

2001-02 State Duck Harvest Rankings

1. Louisiana - 2,056,857
2. Texas - 1,483,650
3. Arkansas - 1,123,766
4. California - 964,183
5. North Dakota - 694,712
6. Minnesota - 647,110
7. Missouri - 487,120
8. Illinois - 445,294
9. Washington - 332,754
10. Michigan - 304,002
11. Tennessee - 303,233
12. South Dakota - 290,787
13. Oregon - 275,842
14. South Carolina - 254,056
15. Wisconsin - 253,040
16. Iowa - 248,983
17. Mississippi - 245,025
18. Oklahoma - 242,022
19. Kansas - 240,720
20. Nebraska - 223,742
21. North Carolina - 206,805
22. New York - 196,301
23. Utah - 191,398
24. Colorado - 190,598
25. Idaho - 190,493
26. Maryland - 160,527
27. Florida - 152,087
28. Alabama - 143,685
29. Indiana - 141,743
30. Montana - 136,584
31. Pennsylvania - 129,083
32. Kentucky - 118,558
33. Ohio - 112,499
34. Virginia - 103,623
35. Georgia - 95,668
36. New Jersey - 82,977
37. Maine - 82,674
38. Alaska - 61,869
39. Wyoming - 47,977
40. Delaware - 45,282
41. Arizona - 41,915
42. Massachusetts - 33,848
43. Nevada - 33,740
44. New Mexico - 33,576
45. Vermont - 26,937
46. Connecticut - 20,487
47. New Hampshire - 18,244
48. Rhode Island - 11,184
49. West Virginia - 6,470
50. Hawaii - 0 (no season)

2001-02 State Duck Harvest Rankings by Change from 2000-01 Season

1. Colorado +61%
2. New Hampshire +52%
3. Maine +49%
4. Indiana +32%
5. Minnesota +21%
6. North Dakota +19%
7. Iowa +19%
8. Montana +17%
9. South Dakota +17%
10. Pennsylvania +15%
11. West Virginia +11%
12. Texas +9%
13. Idaho +8%
14. Kentucky +7%
15. Florida +6%
16. Vermont +6%
17. Connecticut +5%
18. New York +3%
19. Utah +2%
20. Michigan +1%
21. Hawaii -0% (no season)
22. Ohio -0%
23. West Virginia -0%
24. South Carolina -2%
25. California -3%
26. New Jersey -4%
27. Wisconsin -5%
28. Kansas -6%
29. Illinois -6%
30. Nevada -8%
31. Oregon -9%
33. Alaska -12%
34. Nebraska -15%
35. Montana -17%
36. Louisiana -18%
37. Maryland -18%
38. Oklahoma -22%
39. Arkansas -25%
40. Rhode Island -27%
41. Tennessee -27%
42. Arizona -28%
43. New Mexico -30%
44. Georgia -30%
45. North Carolina -35%
46. Alabama -36%
47. Delaware -36%
48. Virginia -36%
49. Massachusetts -40%
50. Mississippi -61%

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Get wet, get muddy, get birds!

[Hoyter]

So Louisiana needs a longer season because ...? 2 million ducks last year and they were down 18% from the prior year? WOW! It might be worth a trip there someday.

[Guest]

The way these numbers are lookin' I will stick to MN

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Get wet, get muddy, get birds!

[Guest]

Cept' for my yearly trip to ND

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Get wet, get muddy, get birds!